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• Provision 8 – The nurse collaborates with other health professionals
and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy,
and reduce health disparities.
– Advances in technology, genetics, and environmental science
require robust responses from nurses working together with
other health professionals for creative solutions and
innovative approaches that are ethical, respectful of
human rights, and equitable in reducing health
disparities.
– Through community organizations and groups, nurses
educate the public, facilitate informed choice, identify
conditions and circumstances that contribute to illness,
injury, and disease, foster healthy life styles, and
participate in institutional and legislative efforts to protect
and promote health.
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
with Interpretive Statements